In order to implement the Protection Programs and prevent any harm to the Protected Person, the Security Guard shall, while performing his job, carry out the following duties and functions: 1. Securing persons, transport vehicles, luggage or other goods; 2. Retaining materials found during the security, which would inflict damage on the safety and security of the Protected Person or the security, and the Security Guard shall deliver such materials to the Protection Unit; 3. The Security Guard may use force to the extent necessary and appropriate to carry out his duties whenever necessary or required; 4. The Security Guard may take a person into custody who illegally carries or is about to carry a firearm, or commits or is about to commit a crime that would endanger the safety of the Protected Person or inflict damage on the Protection Program; 5. When practicing his functions and duties, the Security Guard shall introduce himself mentioning his name, official title and position, and shall show his job card except where the same would compromise his safety or the safety of any other person or be at risk or hinder the implementation of the Protection Program; 6. For the purpose of implementing the provisions of the present Resolution, the Security Guard shall be granted the following powers: a. To take into custody persons who endanger the lives of the Protected Persons; b. To accompany the Protected Person outside a penal institution, so that the Protected Person accompanied by the Security Guard shall be considered to be placed under legal guardianship; c. To take into custody the Protected Person if there is sufficient evidence that the Protected Person has escaped from the legal protection; and d. To access to public premises to carry out security measures necessary to accompany the Protected Person or protect the site in which the Protected Person exists.
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